''Jihad! The Musical'' is a musical comedy and jihad satire. The show was written by

Benjamin Scheuer Benjamin Scheuer is an American songwriter, guitar player, and singer, based in London and New York City. Career Stage Benjamin Scheuer (pronounced “SHOY-er”) wrote and performed ''The Lion'', a one-man autobiographical musical. ''The L ...

(music/lyrics) and Zoe Samuel (book/lyrics). ''Jihad! The Musical'' premiered at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and had a London run at the

Jermyn Street Theatre Jermyn Street Theatre is a performance venue situated on Jermyn Street, in London's West End. It is an off-west end studio theatre. History Jermyn Street Theatre opened in August 1994. It was formerly the changing rooms for staff at a Spaghetti ...

in January 2010.Michael Billington, "Jihad! The Musical"
''The Guardian'', 15 January 2010. The plot centers on an ambitious Afghan peasant, Sayid al Boom, recruited by a "smooth-talking Islamic fundamentalist in a pinstripe suit" named Hussein Al Mansour. The show features a number in which a high-kicking chorus line of dancers swathed head to toe in hot-pink

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s back al Mansour up as he sings, "I wanna be like Osama, I wanna bomb a path to fame across the Earth. People may abhor me but by God, they won't ignore me, When the CIA determines what I'm worth."

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''I Wanna be Like Osama''
a song and dance number with

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2007 musicals Musical parodies Works about jihadism {{musical-theat-stub